Caulifla and Kale took center stage this week on Dragon Ball Super's episode 113 with a fight against an exhausted Goku.
Last week's episode saw Cabba gain confidence after a speech from Vegeta and knock out Universe 4's Monna. Despite reaching Super Saiyan 2 to do so, however, Cabba found himself out of the ring when Frieza approached him. In an effort to make up for Universe 6 losing both Hit and Cabba, Caulifla decides that she wants Goku to teach her how to achieve Super Saiyan 3. Goku says he hasn't yet built up the stamina to sustain Super Saiyan 3, and faces Caulifla's Super Saiyan 2 form without transforming. Taking Caulifla through some of the basics of martial arts and more common techniques like afterimage, Goku slowly teaches Caulifla how to be a martial artist rather than a straight brawler. Caulifla manages to get some hits in as they continue, but it becomes clear that, along with being weakened from his fight with Jiren, Goku is using the fight as an opportunity to train Caulifla. Goku eventually progresses to Super Saiyan 2, saying he still doesn't have the energy for his third form, and invites Kale to join the battle as well. Kale joins in with her bulky Super Saiyan form, at first seemingly overwhelming Goku with dual-combat tactics, until Goku shows he hardly has to try to hold them off. Unlike the battles in some episodes, much of the fighting between the Saiyans is shown entirely, rather than just having the characters move too fast for the eye to see by showing blurs and occasional shapes. With Goku clearly holding back to train the female Saiyans, the fight is impressive simply for how often the characters go blow for blow. The negative aspects of the episode come from contradictions and the issue of quick powering up that has been a complaint since the new Saiyans were introduced. While Caulifla might be a prodigy, Whis calls her a street fighter early in the fight, as she lacks the intensive training of a true martial artist like Goku. With less training and power than the Universe 7 Saiyans, it has been a source of irritations for some fans that Cabba, Caulifla and Kale were so qiuckly able to achieve Super Saiyan forms. The first transformation was initially introduced as requiring a great warrior with an enraged heart, and has since become a plaything for Vegeta's son and Goku's youngest, and was unlocked for Caulifla when she simply focused her energy in her back. Caulifla has continued the trend of quickly reaching states that used to be a big deal, as she advances to the flawed muscular Super Saiyan form the Universe 7 characters achieved and abandoned during their battles against Cell. After learning of the problems with the form, Caulifla is immediately able to power up to Super Saiyan 2 after Goku shows her the form, which in the past was a terrifyingly emotional form Gohan reached that dwarfed everyone else. Caulifla's constant use of Super Saiyan 2 is a contradiction to the issue of stamina that characters have long pointed out for transformations, even as recently as with Frieza's golden form and Caulifla's muscular form. As Vegeta and Goku pointed out in these instances, the respective characters had just achieved new power that quickly drained stamina and was bad for drawn out fights. This issue has existed as far back as even the original form, which initially took great effort for each Saiyan to achieve and put incredible stress on the body. Despite this, Caulifla seems perfectly fine as she continues to use Super Saiyan 2, simply taking an occasional break but never seeming to truly tire. Likewise, Kale contradicts the issue of non-polished fighting skills being not enough to take on Goku. When Whis calls Caulifla a brawler, he states that Goku's martial arts skills allow him to predict his opponent and make appropriate reactions to every move in a way that a non-trained fighter wouldn't be able to. Due to her prodigal nature, Caulifla is quickly able to adapt her fighting experience as Goku trains her. Kale, on the other hand, merely has raw power and little fighting experience due to her timid attitude, making it strange when she manages expert maneuvers not just alone, but in combination with Caulifla. Though the new Saiyans face issues with continuity in the world's rules, there is an interesting aspect to them training under Goku and Vegeta. Cabba is similar to Gohan with his relaxed nature and reluctance to fight, which contrasts with Vegeta's hotheadedness. Having Vegeta as his master is a good way for Cabba to get past the weaker aspects of his personality and learn to be a more ferocious fighter. On the other hand, Caulifla is similar to Vegeta with her great temper, so she can learn to focus her natural talent and raw strength by training with the calm and happy Goku. As Kale is so often scared and wants to follow Caulifla, it also makes sense for her to learn from Goku, who can potentially taunt and push her in the right ways to use her latent anger and strength to reach her full potential. The episode can be slightly frustrating with inconsistencies and Caulifla and Kale matching Goku's power, but is overall entertaining. At the very least, Caulifla and Kale's characterization and potential make them more interesting episode subjects than Ribrianne, who has yet to be knocked from the stage. As the characters also get quite a bit of development in the episode, 113 works effectively like the previous one as a way to calm down from the bigger fights and flesh out some side characters. Next week's episode is teased with an image which appeared to be a fusion between Caulifla and Kale, which got me immediately excited for what is to come.
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